The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1887-07-07
GEORGIA GLEANINGS.

An old farmer in Fayette county,
Georgia, sold last year over 1900
worth OF calamus, grown on I of an
acre Of marsh land. He has orders
on hand now for all he can raise.
Dan Parson, young man who
lives at Spring Place, was bitten by
spider few days ago and came very
near losing his life from the effect of
the poison.
A Lexington gentleman has
mich COW which gives him FIVE gal
Ions of milk day. She is not Jer-
sey, either. She is considered one
of the finest cows in Lexington, and
is valued between s75 and 500.
The Piedmont Exposition has thus
far received applications for over
100000 square feet of floor space.
This exceeds the space in the main
hall by $1,000 square feet, and to
meet the demands the architects are
now preparing plans for another
building, 50Ox96 feet, to be used for
machinery and agricultural displays.
Henry Pope, the negro, convicted
Of rape upon white girl in Chattoo-
ga county, and sentenced to hang
July 1st., has been respited by Gov
ernor Gordon for sixty days. Five
men swear that Pope under the
name of Ellie Green was in Alabama
on the day the crime was committed.
The girl identified Pope out of
crowd of seven negroes. The re-
spite is granted to allow further in
vestigation.
A company consisting of Messrs.
r. l.. Bloomfield, F. w. Cheney,
James Camak, J. Ii. Rucker, A. L.
Hull and others, have applied for a
charter to erect a large cotton fac
tory at Barnett Shoals, to be known
as the Bloomfield Water Power Com
pany. The Company will have
capital of 100000, and will com
mence work as soon as the charter
is granted. This is one of the finest
water powers in the State and one of
the largest factories in upper Geor-
ga will be put up.
Col. W. s. Saul, of Atlanta, and
DIR. Earnest, OF Pennsylvania, are
here prospecting and looking after
their large marble and mineral inter-
ests in Fannin county. These gem
tlemen have purchased Mr.. L. A.
Grays farm on Cutcane creek for
$4,000 and propose to develop the
valuable marble beds that are situa-
ted on it. Tests are now being made
with drills to ascertain the depth of
the vein. They have also purchased
the Jarrett marble property on Nan
tahala river, n. c., for $4,000 and
will erect extensive works there.
MIR. Saul thinks Fannin county is
wonderfully rich in marble and min
eral and that the day of development
is near at hand. -Minerd Bluff Ga
zette.
A man purporting to be from Can
ada, and calling himself Z. Z. Balk,
has been in Ellaville several days
posting bills of some kind through the
county. A young lady of Schley
met Balk at the Scoville House
Thursday. They were mutually at
tracted. Balk made love, proposed
and was accepted. Justice Mead
ows was called after license was
procured and marriage was fixed
up. The couple were on the floor,
the Justice had propounded the mo-
mentous quest ions to Balk, and he
had answered athrmatively, and the
girl time came. In answer to the
question if she would take this man
for her husband she said emphatical-
ly No" and Balk was baked. He
is married but has no wife.
Several months ago mad dog bit
George Kenmore and two of his cows
in the Fifteenth district, of Sumter
county. One of the COWS went mad
and died soon after she was bitten.
Last week the other COW was seized
with hydrophobia, and made things
lively out there for several DAYS.
Everything that came in her way
was attacked, and she would bite
like dog and push with her horns.
MIR. Ches, Howell was called in to
shoot her Monday, but before he got
there the COW was chasing negro,
she fell in fit and before she could
get up the negro split her head open
with an ak. Mr. Kenmore is very
low spirited, tearing that he may be
attacked with rabies at any time, and
injure some of his family who keep
watch of him All tho tima